日美英三国向科威特提供10亿美元贷款提高产量

据俄罗斯油气网3月28日东京报道，据《日经亚洲报》报道，日本三大银行正与美国和欧洲主要银行合作，提供10亿美元贷款帮助科威特增加石油产量，以稳定动荡的能源市场。 

日本瑞穗银行、三井住友银行和三菱日联银行将与英国汇丰银行和美国摩根大通银行一道向科威特石油公司提供10亿美元的贷款。预计瑞穗银行将成为主承销商。

日本贸易大臣萩生田光一最早将于下周与科威特石油大臣法雷斯会面，签署这项贷款协议。  

过去几周，供应中断主导了石油市场，推高了油价，并引发各国政府从其他地区寻找能源供应的疯狂抢购。

此前，科威特曾请求日本支持其提高石油产能。  

但只有包括科威特在内的少数国家有扩大产能的空间。  

最新的协议可能会刺激类似的努力，通过直接财政援助来鼓励增产。 

根据自然资源和能源署的数据，去年，科威特占日本能源进口量的8.4%，使该国成为仅次于沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋的主要石油供应国。  

过去，日本一直试图扩大其他地区的采购，以减少对中东的依赖。

寻找替代原油来源已成为日本和其他国家的当务之急。  

李峻 编译自 俄罗斯油气网

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Japan, U.S., U.K. lenders loan Kuwait $1 billion to boost oil output

Japan's 3 biggest banks are teaming up with major U.S. and European lenders to loan $1 billion to help Kuwait increase oil output, seeking to calm energy markets, Nikkei Asia has reported. 

Mizuho Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and MUFG Bank are making the loan to Kuwait Petroleum Corp., along with HSBC and JPMorgan Chase. 

Mizuho is expected to be the lead underwriter.

Japanese Trade Minister Koichi Hagiuda will meet with Kuwaiti Oil Minister Mohammed al-Fares as early as the coming week to sign off on the deal.

Disruptions have dominated oil markets for the past few weeks, sending prices up and setting off a frantic scramble by governments to look for energy supplies from other regions.

The loan comes after Kuwait asked Japan for support in lifting its oil production capacity. 

But only a handful, including Kuwait, have room for capacity expansion. 

The latest deal could spur similar efforts to encourage production increases with direct financial assistance. 

Kuwait accounted for 8.4% of Japan's energy imports in 2021, according to the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, making the country a key oil supplier after Saudi Arabia and the UAE. 

Japan had been trying to expand procurement from other areas to reduce its reliance on the Middle East. 

Finding alternative crude sources has become imperative for Japan and other countries.